Battle Studies

So John recently released his new album titled Battle Studies. I have been anticipating this album for quote some time and it has lived up to what I thought it was going to be. It has a bit of a feel from all his albums; with pop, blues, and acoustic tunes it will reach a lot of listeners. The album is crafty and detailed but at the same time simplistic with it melodies.  This a bit of a concept record, battle studies has a war theme or military type concept in regards to life and a relationship (cough.. Jennifer Aniston). Mayer expresses this through his songs obviously and his song titles. Recently at a live show Mayer said
"The year was 2000 and there was a record called Room for Squares, and it was about this broke kid who didn't know what was going on in his life. Then I made a recorded that came out today called Battle Studies about a kid that doesn't know what's going on in his life"
Well I hope you all take a listen and here is a great live clip of the first track on the album..enjoi